Atty. Paul Howard Silverman

• Paul H. Silverman, concentrates on corporate reorganization, commercial litigation, creditors' & debtors' domestic and foreign cross-border strategies and forensic investigations
• Paul has tried civil and criminal cases to conclusion
• He serves as U.S. legal advisor to court appointed foreign court appointed administrators and by invitation, he has lectured in the U.S. and in Europe
• Mr. Silverman's government service includes: Assistant in the Office of the U.S
• Attorney General (O.D.A.L.E.), Assistant U.S
• Attorney, S.D.N.Y. (criminal and civil divisions, tax and bankruptcy units)
• He lectured at the N.Y
• State, as well as at the American, Bar Association's Annual Meetings, at the Law and Finance Graduate Program (Frankfurt), and at the E.U
• Commission on State Aid recovery (Belgium)
• Mr. Silverman spoke on comparative law at the C.S
• Beck publisher's Annual German National Insolvency Conference (Frankfurt), and also to financial restructuring professionals in Paris, Madrid, Prague, Helskinki & throughout Germany
• Paul served as federal law clerk to Honorable Thomas Croake, Southern District of New York, graduated from Fordham Law School in New York (Fordham Law review)
• He received his B.A. degree in Philosophy and in History from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership honorary society, and president of Alpha Psi Omega, national dramatic honorary society
• He is a long standing member of the N.Y
• State Bar Association, now Business Section Chair and past Bankruptcy Committee Chairperson, a member of the International Bar and of the City Bar Banking and the Bankruptcy Committee
• Paul serves as budget committee chair, Village of Larchmont, NY, former president of his synagogue and Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club secretary, where he and his wife kayak

Representative Experience

• Mr. Silverman has represented debtors, creditors' committees, and creditors, authored confirmed plans providing creditor distributions, and purchaser's of distressed assets as well as successfully conducted out-of-court work-out arrangements
• As to litigation, he resolved, through pre-trial mediation, a complex and sensitive Federal Court defense in which the well-known corporate client was very grateful
• He created unique intertwined trust features assisting resolution of the $2+ billion Dalkon Shield mass tort bankruptcy court reorganization plan and was counsel in Enron, World Com, Daewoo, AgfaPhoto, Quimonda and Edscha cases
• Paul counsels German receivers of global mfg., distribution, and finance companies as to U.S. law
• Paul timely obtained a U.S. injunction enabling Multicanal, a cable provider, to reorganize in Argentina and protected Daewoo's Korean Receiver's U.S. interests
• Further, Paul succeeded in an international fraud investigation and trial with a $10+ million U.K. client asset recovery Memberships -International Bar Association -Federal Bar Council -New York State Bar Association, Business Section -New York City Bar Association